Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Laurent Hebenstreit collection, Paris
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© Laurent Hebenstreit collection, Paris
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sar sahar-ra# a-sza3
en: 1 2/3 (volume-)sar of dirt, at the field Isala,
2. a-sza3 i7-sal4-la
en: field of Salla-canal,
3. ugula i3-pu3-ul
en: foreman: Ipul;
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
en: Month: “harvest,”
seal impression
2. mu gu-za ba-dim2
en: year: “The throne was fashioned.”
seal 1
1. lu2-du10-ga
en: Lu-duga,
2. dub-sar
en: the scribe,
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3
en: son of Ur-Nigar, chief cattle administrator.